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       Abstract

       Contents

       1   Introduction

       2   Lucid  Expressions

           2.1   The @where clause

           2.2   The operators @next, @fby  and  @first

           2.3   User  Defined  Functions

           2.4   The operators @asa, @whenever  and  @upon

           2.5   The @@is current& declaration

       3   p-Lucid Data Types

           3.1   Numeric Expressions

           3.2   Non-Numeric Data Processing

                 3.2.1   Word Processing

                 3.2.2   Boolean Expressions and Predefined Variables

                 3.2.3   String Processing

                 3.2.4   List Processing

           3.3   The objects @eod and @error

           3.4   pLucid Conditional Expressions


       4   Scope  Rules

       5   Running pLucid under UNIX

           5.1  The Basics

           5.2  The @filter and @arg operators

           5.3  Runtime errors

           5.4  The @include facility

           5.5  A UNIX manual entry for pLucid

       6   Tables and Rules

           6.1   Tables  of  Operators

           6.2   Associativity and Precedence Rules

           6.3   Reserved Words

       7   Miscellaneous

           7.1   pLucid  Grammar

           7.2   Syntax  Diagrams

           7.3   Programming examples

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